Facebook moderators - whose goal is to take care of the content on the platform - act through a 300-page guide, which explains all actions and omissions depending on the given situation. The guide dates back to December 2020 and is not public, but the document was leaked by the Guardian who also published how Facebook operates in terms of prohibited content, reacting to public and private figures such as handling sensitive issues.
"For public figures, we remove serious attacks as well as certain attacks where the public figure is directly tagged in the post or comment. For private individuals, our protection goes further: we remove content that is intended to degrade or embarrass, including , for example, allegations about someone's sexual activity, ”the guide reads.
Similarly, public and private figures may not be "exposed" to content "that values, celebrates or mocks their death or grievous bodily harm".
But what is considered a public figure on Facebook?
The Guardian writes that Facebook's definition of public figures is broad. All politicians are counted as public figures, regardless of the level of government and whether they have been elected or are in office, just like any journalist who is employed "to write / speak publicly".
Internet fame is enough to be considered a public figure, provided the user has more than 100,000 fans or followers on one of the social networking accounts. Being in the news is enough to be considered a public figure.
"Persons mentioned in the headline, subheading or preview of 5 or more news or media articles within the last 2 years" are counted as public figures. An exception to this rule is that children under the age of 13 are never counted.
There is another exception for public figures and it relates to being "involuntarily" famous. These are public figures "who are not real celebrities and who do not deal with their fame, except when accused of criminal activity", according to the instructions.
Facebook keeps a secret list of these "involuntary public figures".
Users can harass and attack dead people, for example, but only if they died before 1900; they are also allowed to "tease" imaginary characters.
Por vendimi për të lënë përdoruesit të ngacmojnë dhe sulmojnë figura publike, por ndërkohë kompania i ndalon ata që të ngacmojnë individët privatë, ka të ngjarë të shkaktojë shqetësim në mesin e përdoruesve të famshëm, të cilët janë ankuar se Facebook nuk arrin të bëjë sa duhet për të mbrojtur figurat publike nga abuzimi në internet.
Politika e Facebook për ngacmimin dhe sulmin mbron figurat publike nga sulmet, duke përfshirë kërcënimet e drejtpërdrejta të dëmtimit të rëndë fizik, termat nënçmues të seksualizuara ose kërcënimet për të publikuar informacione personale.
Udhëzuesi është i fshehtë dhe sipas platformës, është vendosur të mos publikohet pasi leximi i tij mund të ndihmojë abuzuesit që t’i shmangen rregullave.
